Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 15
पाशुपतव्रतविधिः | The Procedure of the Supreme Pāśupata Vow
शक्तिश्च शिवतत्त्वं च तत्त्वानि क्रमशो विदुः । मन्त्रैस्तु विरजैर्हुत्वा होतासौ विरजा भवेत्
śaktiśca śivatattvaṃ ca tattvāni kramaśo viduḥ | mantraistu virajairhutvā hotāsau virajā bhavet
Sie erkennen die Tattvas in rechter Reihenfolge—beginnend mit Śakti und gipfelnd im Prinzip Śivas. Doch wenn man die Opfergaben mit makellosen (viraja) Mantras darbringt, wird der Opfernde selbst makellos, befreit vom Makel des rajas.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: rudram
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It links correct tattva-understanding (from Śakti up to Śiva-tattva) with practical purification: when worship is performed with pure, sattvic/viraja mantras, the practitioner’s rajas-born impurities are burned, making the mind fit for Śiva-realization (Pati-jñāna) in a Shaiva Siddhanta sense.
Linga-worship typically joins knowledge and rite: the devotee contemplates Śiva as the highest tattva while offering with consecrated mantras. The verse emphasizes that mantra-guided offerings are not merely external—they refine the worshipper, enabling approach to Saguna Śiva as a doorway toward the supreme Śiva-tattva.
Perform mantra-japa and, where appropriate, homa/offerings with “viraja” (purified, disciplined) mantras—such as Panchakshara-centered worship—so that rajas and mental impurity are reduced and inner steadiness for dhyāna on Śiva increases.